"Hoppy Birthday" Frogs!

Helloooo Ladiess!!! :)

I am having fun with my new stamp set and decided to make one more card using Jane's Doodles "Garden Friends"!

Here is my card-

I stamped those frogs (aren't they cute? ) , colored them using distress inks and fussy cut them. The card base was stamped using STAMPlorations Vignette Retro Mod shapes (U bet! I ADORE this stamp! And am going crazy using it! ;) ) I have created a Bokeh effect for the background. 

I have adhered those frogs and the balloon using double sided glue tape. The balloon is from Dee's Artsy Impression - Balloons and banners. The one frog who has elevated is the one I have colored differently than the other two! ;)

I played along Time Out Challenges # 47- Birthday with an optional twist of sponging

Freshly Made sketches # 218

And

adding to the STAMPlorations Anything goes gallery

Waiting to share one big news for tomorrow! :)

Hugs xx

Butterfly CAS

Hello Peeps!

I used this week's STAMPlorations Bi-weekly sketch # 28 which ends on 27/2 and The Sweetest Thinsg Sketch # 256 for this card :

Here is my take on the sketch:

I was very excited to use a butterfly on my card; the reason being that I came across a lot of beautiful inspirations in our Blog-Land so I decided to use it! I think every Crafter MUST use a butterfly atleast once in her crafting career! :P

I used a freebie butterfly clipart and fuzzy cut it out. I colored it using Wild Honey distress ink from Tim Holtz. I adhered the butterfly to the card using a foam tape.

For the card, the background is a water color card stamped with "Bo Bunny -to the point Stamp Set" using wild honey distress ink. (I used a round Bokeh stamp!)

For the layer, I created a Bokeh Effect using a Fall Leaf Stencil which i bought from the local store. I am loving this Bokeh technique! It's so fresh! I firstly sprintz water and added wild honey and moved lawn distress ink over it. Then I stenciled the leaves using the same colours. I masked the white colored leaves which gave this sheet the required Bokeh effect! :) Stenciling technique has miscellaneous uses! The current challenge for Craft Stamper is Stenciling. (which ends on 25/2)

I stamped the sentiment using Versamark and Gold embossing powder. I had a hard time capturing the golden color..! I tried and shadowed it using a black pilot pen!

The stamp used is from Bo Bunny Stamp Set.

Here is another look of the card!

I am also entering this card for Addicted to CAS challenge# 57 (ends on 27/2) which says us to use MASKing technique for a CAS card which I have used for the Bokeh Technique. :)